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Kat Callahan
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Previously Correspondent, Asia at Jalopnik and LGBT Editor at Jezebel. Lover of the Oxford Comma, despite AP Style, and the Commonwealth "S."
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Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we’ll provide the jams.